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Winter 2012 Batches

Edit: I’m ending my release streak here at Day 101.
I have finals this week, so I figured this would be a good place to end it.
Again, I have final exams this week, so all my ongoing shows will be delayed until probably next week.

Here are the loooong overdue batches for a whole bunch of shows! Note that Ai Mai Mi is currently absent, as the translator hasn’t gotten around to translating the ED yet, and I haven’t re-encoded 1-3 yet.
That batch will come sometime later.

I will not be making patches, as that’ll take me a while, and these files are small anyway. If someone wants to make patches for me, feel free to post DDL links in the comments.

Osaka Okan:
Download: 720p 10bit — 480p 8bit
Changes: Updated TS, styling, and some edits for 1-2
BD/DVD?: We’ll do the BD bonus episode (and re-do 1.5 if it’s included on the BD). Still debating about doing the full series.

Ishida to Asakura:
Download: 720p 10bit — 480p 8bit
Changes: Updated styling and OP translation for 1-5.
BD/DVD?: No BD. TV is HD so we won’t be doing the DVDs (if there is a bonus episode, we’ll do it).

Hipira-kun:
Download: 720p 10bit — 480p 8bit
Changes: Toad->Frog (Ep4)
BD/DVD?: No. The DVD only has Eps 1-3, 6, and 10. The 3D BD only has Eps 1-3 and 10.
Eps 11-12?: They were removed from NHK-E’s schedule. Hopefully they’ll air someday.

Kaitou Reinya:
Download: 720p 8bit — 480p 8bit
Changes: A few instances of Reinya -> Reina (Ep2)
BD/DVD?: No BD. TV is HD so we won’t be doing the DVDs (sans the Pilot episode).

Momon-chan:
Download: 480p 8bit
Changes: Reworded the end card TS in Ep13
BD/DVD?: Nothing announced yet. Hopefully there will be though. Season 2 will stream in May.

Chiisana Ojisan:
Download: 480p 8bit
Changes: None. Re-batching to include Ep15.
BD/DVD?: There is a BD/DVD page on the official site, so it’ll get one at some point, but no dates have been announced yet.

Spring 2013 Plans

New season is coming up, so I went ahead and took a look at the new shorts and specials that’ll be airing. As per usual, nothing here is final until we’ve started releasing.
I would like to do most of these shows, but I need more translators to make that happen! Contact me via e-mail or IRC if you’re interested in helping out!

New Shows:

Tenpou Suikouden Neo: I know this is technically a winter show, but it aired at the very end of winter season. I’ve collected raws for all the episodes (5 total: Youtube for 01, TV for 2-5 because the Youtube streams suck), and it’ll probably be the next project for the new translator, after they translate the Kaitou Reinya Pilot.

Kara the Animation: Web show, but it’s behind a paywall, and public raws haven’t surfaced. No-go.

Cyclops Shoujo Saipu: Already on it!

Gakkatsu S2: Nope. m33w’s doing it.

Tetsujin 28-gou Gao!: It was a possibility at first, but I learned that it’s going to be replacing a show that’s over 1500 episodes long! I don’t want to work on a never-ending show, so it’s a no-go.

Mini-van: Seems to be flash anime shorts of Cardfight Vanguard. I never watched the show, so no-go.

Haitai Nanafa S2: Sigh-Kaylith will do it once it airs on AT-X.

Dibetagurashi: Like Tenpou Suikouden Neo, it’ll air within the morning block of another show. Might do it if I can get caps for it.

Glass no Kamen Desu ga: I’ll do it if it gets simulcast on CR. If it’s not, I probably won’t do it, as DLE’s flash shorts always have super crazy dialog.

Ketsuekigata-kun: Definitely. If CR simulcasts it, I’ll use their script. If not, we’ll translate it ourselves.

Sparrow’s Hotel: Definitely, since I’m on a mission to sub ALL the Hotline shows! CR will be simulcasting it in 480p on Tuesdays, so if I can get a KBS cap, we’ll do an HD release on Tuesdays. If not, we’ll cap the Thursday TVS airing.

Airua: This’ll be simulcast on CR, but other groups will pick it up, so I won’t bother.

Heisei Policemen: Young Jump’s next web anime. First episode will stream on April 11th. We might do it.

Koitabi True Tours Nanto: There probably won’t be any raws for it, but if I can find any, and if nobody else subs it, we’ll do it.

Miyakawa-ke no Kuufuku: Lucky Star spinoff, so it’ll be oversubbed.

Odoriko Clinoppe: Don’t even know if this is going to air/stream, but I guess I’ll keep an eye on it.

…and more?

Fall 2012 Batches & Winter 2012 Plans

These batches are a bit late, but I blame that on me being away for most of December and the beginning of January. To start things off, here are the batches of shows I’ve worked on this past Fall:

Chiisana Ojisan:
480p Batch
(I’m not sure if this show is over yet, but I haven’t seen any new episodes in over a month)

Suzy’s Zoo:
480p DVD Batch

UN-GO Specials:
720p Hi10P Batch — 480p H264 Batch

…yeah, not many projects, but that’s all about to change!

I hope I’m not setting myself up to burn-out, but I’ve decided to pick up a whole slew of projects this season, consisting of both new and old shows:

Older Shows:

Neon the Animation: Joint with ray=out. Short episodes designed to promote the Nipponbashi shopping district in Osaka. New episodes are shown on the shopping center TVs in March, and are expected to be uploaded to Youtube the following month. There are currently 3 shorts, with a 4th expected to drop this coming April.

Hipira-kun: 2009 series that’s being re-aired in HD on NHK-E. 1-10 have already re-aired, and the currently-unsubbed episodes 11-12 will air in March. We’ll be using Sakitty’s subs for 1-10, but we’ll translate 11-12 ourselves.

New Shows:

Haitai Nanafa: I know some other groups have already subbed it, but I’ll be going forward with it anyway. Right now, the first two episodes are pretty much done, but the translator is being held up by the somewhat wacky ED song. I don’t have any sort of ETA on when it’ll be ready. Dropped. Sigh-Kaylith’s release is fine, so I’m going to focus my time on other unsubbed/poorly subbed shows. If they epicly stall or drop it, I’ll pick up from where they left off.

Peeping Life World History: 6th Season in the Peeping Life series. I’m not really a big fan of the series, but it shouldn’t really take too much time to throw together.

Boku no Imouto wa Osaka Okan: Like I’ve stated earlier, we’ll be taking CR’s subs and redoing all of their typesetting. We’ll also do the webstream-only Episode 01.5 at a later date.

Ishida to Asakura: CR’s video (filtered) and subs, plus OP translation, plus the important signs missing from the CR/NicoNico streams that were present in the Tokyo MX broadcast. Here’s an example of what I mean:
CR/NicoNico — Tokyo MX

Jigoku Yochien: I’m not going to focus on this show just yet, but I’ll continue to collect raws for it, to sub at a later date. If nobody else picks it up, we’ll sub it in a few months.

…wow, even I’m amazed at how much I’m doing.

And this marks my 11th consecutive day of releases! Let’s see how much longer I can keep this up! (Two batches count as one release, because I say so!)

Winter 2012 Plans

Finally back! I’ve somehow survived the winter break (and 12/21, I guess), so let’s get down to business! We haven’t made any final decisions on what shows to pick up, but this list will let you all know what we might pick up and what we won’t pick up. This list will be updated periodically, so be sure to check back later.
Again, there’s no guarantee that we’ll pick up any of these shows. This is just me dreaming big.

Also, we really need an extra translator to help speed up most of our projects (most of which are not listed below). If you’re interested in helping out, leave a comment, shoot me an email, or contact me on IRC!

Backlog:

 
Basket Army – Episode 5 is @TL. ETA: a day after TL is done 😛

Chiisana Ojisan – I haven’t seen any raws for 9+ yet. I’ll batch 1-8 for now, and keep an eye out for new episodes.

Koi-ken – Translator is still working on the last 15mins (I hope).

Plastic Nee-san – I haven’t sent Ep8 to the translator yet, so the delays are totally my fault >_>

Suzy’s Zoo – I should have this finished up relatively soon.

Yurumates 3Dei – S1 BD is encoded (thanks Desbreko!). S2 BD hasn’t been obtained yet. OVAs are being translated.

Everything Else – Hasn’t moved at all.
 

Winter 2012 Shows:

 

Haitai Nanafa – No transport streams, so I’ve been comparing the video quality of various raws. Actual work should begin soon. I went ahead and pretimed the dialog and typeset all of the signs. The translator should begin working on this tomorrow. Some transport streams for 1-4 popped up on Share and torrents. Transport stream for 1-2 is really bad, so I’ll just stick with Share raws for 1-2.

Peeping Life: World History – Not really a fan of this series, but it’s being streamed with English subs on Youtube, so I might just do it for the hell of it.

Monchicchiisu – Aired over a month ago, but there are still no raws, so it’s a no-go.

Boku no Imouto wa “Osaka Okan” – Simulcast by CR, but their typesetting is severely lacking, so I might rework CR’s subs with better typesetting. Their video quality seems a bit lacking (I see some aliasing), so I’ll compare it to the BS-Asahi raws and see which one looks best. BS-Asahi has some bad keyframes, so CR’s video with some filtering is the way to go.
(And there’s an Episode 1.5 that didn’t air on TV, so CR never subbed it…)

Inferno Cop – Not sure if this should even qualify as anime, but Commie’s release should be fine. I won’t pick it up unless there’s sufficient demand for it.

Puchimas! Petit Idolmaster – Chibiki/UTW is doing a good job, so I won’t bother.

Yama no Susume – Simulcast by CR, but their video quality is kinda meh. Commie’s doing it, so I’m not going to bother.

Mangirl! – Simulcast by CR, but their video seems to have some problems (lost of ghosting), and there’s a ton of typsetting. Commie’s doing it, so I won’t bother.

Ai Mai Mi – Simulcast by CR. They aren’t even streaming this in HD, so TV raws are the only way to go. If I can get a translation for the crazy ED, I might pick this up. The video quality on all 3 broadcasting stations is pretty poor, so I’m just going to wait for… well, no BDs have been announced, so I guess DVDs?

Ishida to Asakura – Simulcast by CR. Their video quality looks good. Might just do this for the hell of it once the OP is translated. The CR and NicoNico streams are missing all of the signs that were in the Tokyo MX airing (The episode title, a name tag, and “To Be Continued”). Guess I’ll just have to add them back in!

Line Offline Salaryman – Airs three days a week. Luckily raws are being uploaded, and the show seems good, so it’s a possibility. Saizen is doing it, so I’m not going to bother (although I’ll keep an eye on them and see if they epicly stall/drop it later).

Senyuu. – Simulcast by CR. Commie’s doing it, so I’m not going to bother.

Gudaguda Fairies 2 – Simulcast by CR. I’m not a fan of discussion-only shows, so this’ll be a no-go.

Ganbare! Oden-kun – Found a 360p raw for 01. It’s a bit too kiddy for my liking, but I’ll save it for a rainy day maybe.

Beast Saga – Kids show that airs on TV Tokyo in the mornings. This’ll probably be a very long series, so it’s a no-go.

Jigoku Youchien – Stream on NicoNico. If they livestream-only this show, I won’t be able to obtain any raws. If they post the episodes so that they can be watched at any time, I might rip it and sub it. Good, it’s easy to rip. I’ll consider it.

Ganbare! Lulu Lolo – Kids show that airs daily. I doubt it’ll get capped. Seeing as it’s an NHK show, it’ll probably be 100+ episodes long, so it’s a no-go.

Hetalia: The Beautiful World – Funimation will probably simulcast it (and you know how DMCA-happy they get). It’s only being streamed on Animate TV, and I haven’t tried ripping from there yet, but the video quality is bound to be bad. No-go.

…AND MORE!

Happy Holidays!

This post is kind of belated, but I just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Both the translators and I have, and will continue to be, busy with family for the rest of the year, but we’ll be back in 2013!

Although the new anime season has already kicked off, we haven’t really had time to discuss what shows to work on. We’ll look into the new shows once I’m back from vacation.

Look forward to lots of releases from us next year!

~RTM

Fall 2012 Plans (Updated)

Fall’s here! Some shows have started already, some have yet to air. Unfortunately, the site that I was grabbing transport streams from has shut down, so it’ll be difficult for me to get quality raws for some shows. So, I’m looking for a capper to record some shows for me. I’m also looking for some translators and timers to help speed up other shows.

Anyway, here’s a brief rundown of what I’d like to do, and what I won’t do. Of course, I’ll be waiting a week to see if any other quality subs pick up these shows first. Don’t want to oversub if I don’t have to:
 
What I’d like to do:
Chiisana Ojiisan: Episodes are short and simple, so might as well. Don’t have any good raws, so it’ll be 480p only. I’ll have the first two episodes out after I get back from class later today.
Haitai Nanafa: Still no raws at all for this show. I’ll continue to keep an eye out for some, but I doubt any will turn up.

What I won’t do:
Teekyuu: Commie and Crunchyroll are doing it.
Wooser no Sono Higurashi: Interrobang is doing it.
Litchi DE Hikari Club: Crunchyroll is doing it. (If CR is an SD Upscale, I’ll rework their script and mux to a TV raw.)
Oshiri Kajiri Mushi: Gave it a watch. It’s really, really stupid, and is more of a cartoon than an anime.
Dangerious Jii-san Ja: Season 2. Season 1 was never subbed, and there are no raws available for it.
Backstage Idol Story: It’s a discussion-based 3D CGI anime similar to gdgd faeries. I’d prefer not to work on a discussion-heavy show.

Summer 2012 Plans and Projects

Summer 2012 anime season kicks off in full tomorrow, so here are some updates:

New/Ongoing Shows:
Shiba Inuko-san
Homeless Child Remy (with Takara)
Suzy’s Zoo (should be finished up this coming weekend)
Koi-ken! (looking for a timer/editor or joint group to assist me Joint group found!)

Ongoing Shows waiting on next episode to stream/raws:
Plastic Nee-san
Basket Army
PES
Yurumates 3Dei (BD)

Shows I’ll pick up later on in the season:
Oinari-sama DVD Specials
Computer Kakumei (TV Special)

Stalled due to lack of interest at the moment:
Robo to Shoujo, Karl+Tower (needs TL), Yakumo HD, Ryoko’s Case Files (TV episodes dropped due to another group’s release on BakaBT, Special still a possibility), Touch

Stay tuned!

Spring 2012 Announcements/Projects/Updates

 
I guess a full-blown status report is needed every once in a while, and since Spring 2012 season is kicking off, this would be a perfect time to tl;dr about stuff I want to do and stuff I’m working on.   Of course, since we’re a super-small group, and prefer working on short-length/web shows that go unnoticed by others, we’re not going to be doing any big-name popular shows.
 
New Spring 2012 Anime:

Shiba Inuko-san:   Nutbladder released Ep1 on a 200p webstream raw back on April 1st, but I’m not sure if it’s just an April Fools Day joke.   I’ll wait and see what they do before making a final decision about it.   If they continue to release on 200p raws, or if they don’t release Ep2 at all, then we’ll pick it up.
Update: Looks like they won’t be continuing, we’ll go ahead and pick this up. TL will start working on it after he gets back from work.

Yurumates 3D:   Was thinking about doing this since CR’s video is an SD upscale. I was able to find some raws from the TV airing, and they look better than CR’s halo-ridden video.
Update: Since it looks like Zero-Raws will be releasing raws from the earlier Sun TV airing, we might go ahead with this project. If the TL isn’t up for it, we’ll just use CR’s delayed script.

Gakkatsu:   CLBC‘s release is very good, so go with them.   However, I have a feeling that it’s going to be almost impossible to obtain raws for Ep6+, due to it being broadcast as a 1seg (mobile TV) show instead of a traditional TV show.   The mobile TV broadcast is bitrate-starved and 320×180, so it’s going to need BD/DVD re-releases.

 
Ongoing Projects:

Mangatan:   Batch will be out this weekend, just gotta fix a couple of things in Ep1.

Tales of Gekijou:   Should also be complete by this weekend.   Just need to edit the last 3 episodes.

Kobato Specials:   SP6 should be out sometime next week, after the TL gets back from AnimeBoston.   SP7 and SP8 are waiting on BD raws. Update: BDMVs spotted on Share! Now to wait for some pre-encoded raws to pop up on torrent/ddl sites.

Otome Nadeshiko:   Big thanks to 2S-Shoujo for uploading a raw for this short 10-minute OVA.   We’ve already translated, timed, and typeset it, and it’s now waiting on TLC before it gets edited.

Sakasama no Patema Specials:   Haven’t heard back from the TL Recruit yet, but I’ll get it out as soon as I have a translation for them.

Secret Project:   Not going to announce this till we’re ready to release.   Hasn’t been translated yet, but I have a feeling that nobody is going to sub it any time soon.

Plastic Nee-san & Basket Army:   Waiting on the next episode to stream.  ETA unknown.
 
On the Backburner:

Suzy’s Zoo:   This will probably be brought back into Ongoing Projects once I clear out some of the current backlog.

Robo to Shoujo:   Bought the DVDs for this back in December, but the official subs needs a LOT of work.   Official subs skipped lines, didn’t translate any signs, and were just overall horrible.  We’ll get to it when we have the time.

Karl to Fushigi na Tou:   Another show that we were able to acquire HD raws for.   On the backburner for now due to lack of translators.

Guin Saga:   Cancelled due to it being released on BD in R1 territories.   If, for some odd reason, it turns out to be a DVD upscale, we’ll resume with HDTV raws.

Yakumo & Ryoko & Touch:   Nothing has changed, just haven’t felt the urge to work on these shows yet.
 
 
Oh, and I noticed that our one-year anniversary was a couple of months ago, so happy birthday us!

Batches

Since all of the DDL links are gone/dead, I’ve decided to make batch torrents for (almost) all of my older releases. Nothing has been updated.

Suzy’s Zoo (1-13; Incomplete): 480p/DVD Batch
Starry Sky (1-26; Complete): 576p Batch
Plastic Nee-san (1-4; Incomplete, See Notices): 360p Batch
Kaichu! (3-4; Complete?): Batch (with 4L)

Stay Tuned For Mimi!